James Earl Jones, the prolific film, TV and theater actor whose resonant, unmistakable baritone was best known as the voice of “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader, died Monday morning at his home in Dutchess County, N.Y., his representative confirmed to Variety. He was 93.

After overcoming a severe stutter as a child, Jones established himself as one of the groundbreaking Black actors of his generation, building a prolific and versatile career that has spanned more than 60 years, from his 1958 Broadway debut at the Cort Theatre — renamed the James Earl Jones Theatre in 2022 — to his most recent performance in 2021’s “Coming 2 America.” For that film, Jones reprised his role as King Jaffe Joffer from the 1988 Eddie Murphy comedy “Coming to America” — one of several roles, along with Darth Vader, that Jones has reprised, including the voice of King Mufasa in Disney’s 1994 animated film “The Lion King,” its direct-to-video sequel and its 2019 remake, and CIA Rear Admiral James Greer in three Jack Ryan films, 1990’s “The Hunt for Red October,” 1992's "Patriot Games" and 1994's "Clear and Present Danger."

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Among his more than 80 film credits, Jones' other notable films include as a B-52 bombardier in Stanley Kubrick's 1964 Cold War satire "Dr. Strangelove" (his feature film debut), as the first black president of the United States in 1972's "The Man," as the terrifying villain in 1982's "Conan the Barbarian," as a reclusive author in 1989's "Field of Dreams," as a blind former baseball star in 1993's "The Sandlot," and as a government minister living in apartheid South Africa in 1995's "Cry, the Beloved Country."